Category Archives: Central Nebraska Weather Gallery
Gallery: Auroras appear, more faintly, for second night in central Nebraska
KEARNEY - For the second night in a row, auroras appeared faintly on the northern horizon in central Nebraska as a strong solar storm continued to impact Earth. The geomagnetic storms occurred when tw...
Nov 13, 2025 Auroras appeared more faintly for a second night in a row in central Nebraska, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Gallery: Auroras visible in central Nebraska on Nov. 11
KEARNEY - Auroras were highly visible across central Nebraska during the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 11. Auroras are caused by energized particles from the sun slamming into Earth's upper atmosphere at s...
Nov 12, 2025 Auroras were visible in central Nebraska during the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 11, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Gallery: Pulse storm fades amid the sunset in Dawson County
KEARNEY - A lone thunderstorm occurred in Dawson County during the evening hours of Tuesday, Aug. 19. As the sun dipped below the horizon the storm faded and lost strength before gusting out. A pulse ...
Aug 20, 2025 The pulse storm at maturity in Dawson County during the evening of Aug. 19, viewed from Buffalo County, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Gallery: August sunset amid Colorado wildfire smoke
BUFFALO CO. - Central Nebraska has been impacted by wildfire smoke with increasing frequency over the past several years. During the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 6, smoke from Colorado wildfires turned ...
Aug 07, 2025 The sun sets amid smoke from wildfire complexes in Colorado, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Gallery: Wave Clouds over Kearney
KEARNEY - Central Nebraska was treated to a unique atmospheric phenomena during the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 6, wave clouds entering in succession one after another. The cloud sequence originated fr...
Aug 07, 2025 A wave cloud approaches Kearney during the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 6, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Gallery: Severe Thunderstorm Outflow, 7-29-25
BUFFALO CO. - A severe warned thunderstorm rolled through Buffalo County during the evening of Tuesday, July 29. While severe winds up to 65 mph were recorded in Loup City and resulted in tree limb da...
Jul 30, 2025 The edge of the thunderstorm complex's outflow moves through western Buffalo County during the evening of July 29, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Gallery: Distant Thunderstorms at Golden Hour
BUFFALO CO. - Widespread clouds from thunderstorms raging over central Kansas overspread south central Nebraska during the evening of Monday, July 21. As the sun dipped below a horizon, the favored "G...
Jul 22, 2025 Mammatus clouds on the underside of an anvil cloud from thunderstorms over Kansas viewed from central Nebraska, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Gallery: Supercell tracks through central Nebraska, double rainbow follows
LEXINGTON - A supercell thunderstorm embedded in a storm complex tracked through Dawson and Buffalo counties during the late afternoon and evening of Saturday, July 19. The complex moved into western ...
Jul 20, 2025 A double rainbow appears as storms exit the Odessa area during the evening of Saturday, July 19, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Gallery: Outflow Dominant Thunderstorm nears Buffalo County
KEARNEY - Scattered thunderstorms impacted south central Nebraska during the evening of Thursday, July 10. The storm approaching Buffalo County and Kearney itself showed outflow dominant structure as ...
Jul 11, 2025 Overtaken by the shelf cloud of an outflow dominant thunderstorm in northeastern Phelps County, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Gallery: Severe thunderstorm approaches Kearney, 6-25-25
KEARNEY - Severe weather impacted central Nebraska during the afternoon and evening hours of Wednesday, June 25. Strong to severe winds caused tree damage in Kearney and an accident near Elm Creek on ...
Jun 25, 2025 The gust front of a severe thunderstorm approaches Kearney on June 25, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)